My Music- Wonderland

Music/sound they say of any kind always, always has a calming effect on people. It is also one the best expressive therapies in the world, it usually works well for emotional-behaviorial disorders or emotional situations.

I think we all have a piece of music or song or songs which resonate with us or our vibrations, the vibrations which take us into a our own wonderland or memory land or dreamland, something that elevates us or gives a feeling of someone understanding.

My one such My Song is ---Here I go again  (Bloody Luxury) by White Snakes ( 1982 Album-Saints and Sinners)

I don’t know where I am going

But I sure know where I’ve been

Hanging on o the promises of songs of yesterday

And I’ve made up my mind, I aint wasting no more time

But here I go again, Here I go again

Though I keep searching for an answer

I never seem to find what I am looking for

Oh Lord I pray you give me strength to carry on

Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely streets of dreams

Here I go again on my own

Going down the only road Ive ever known

Like a drifter I was born to walk alone , And Ive made up my mind, I aint wasting no more time

Just another heart in need of rescue

Waiting on love’s sweet charity, And I am gonna hold on for the rest of my days

Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely streets of dreams

Here I go again on my own

Here I go again, here I go, Here I go again.

Incase you dont have any song, just pick up one and see which relates to you. Music is very good for the heart and throat chakras :)

Keep Singing & Smiling

Love and Heal

Chakras and Glands

In extension to previous post on Chakras, this one gives an overview on the different glands associated with each Chakra.

Each Chakra in the body is associated with nerve plexuses & endocrine glands. Now each endocrine gland secretes hormones or chemical substances into the blood stream to regulate body growth, metabolism, other activities & inturn affects one or more organs.

Below is the chart which gives an insight into the glands for each Chakra :-

Chakra Name	Glands	Few Hormones associated/controlled	Location
Root/ Muladhara Chakra	Adrenal Glands	Corticosteroids-salt & water Adrenaline/others-emotional stress -increase heart rate & BP, sexual feelings Androgen, Catecholamine- fight/flight	Two in number located at top of the kidneys. Associated with sympathetic nervous system. Arteries feed the adrenal glands
Hara/ Svadhisthana Chakra	Gonads/Ovaries	Androgens/ Estrogen, progestrone	Scrotum-males Overies- females (side of uterus)
Solar Plexus/ Manipura Chakra	Spleen/Pancreas	Pancreas-Insulin, Glugagon Spleen- black bile, creation & storage of RBCs & store platelets also	Long organ located at the back of abdomen exactly behind stomach Spleen- associated with sadness
Heart/Anahata Chakra	Thymus Glands	Thymosnins-àT-cells /lymphocytes/other immunity building cells	Centre of the chest, enlarges with age, color also changes with age
Throat/ Vissudha  Chakra	Thyroid Glands	a)Thyroid Hormone (TSH) b) Thyroxin (T4 & T3) For normalizing BP, Heart rate, reproductive organs, digestion, muscle	Lower front part of the neck
	Parathyroid Glands	Parathyroid Hormone Calcitonin ( calcium content)	Embedded below the thyroid gland on each side
Third Eye/Ajna Chakra	Pituitary Glands ( extension of hypothalamus)	a) Insulin Like growth factor Growth Hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), Growth Hormone b) Thyroid Stimulating hormones (TSH & TRH) c) Cortisol related hormones d) Gonadotropins- related to follicles in females & gonads in males Oxytocin/testerone	Base of the brain and hangs like stalk, extension of hypothalamus. Pea shaped, controls other endocrine glands
Crown/Sahasrara Chakra	Pineal Glands	Serotonin Melatonin ( sleep related)	Pine shaped located exactly in the centre of the brain

 

Reiki, yoga, sounds, mantras , stones, massage can help in regulation/balancing of the hormones secreted inturn helping the indiviual for healthy life. ( note: these are not substitute for medicines)

Real life Case study- "SA" is a hypothyroidism patient and she has been doing sound therapy, right food.specific mediations and reiki for quite some time. After doing these for sometime she did her tests again & the reports werent perfect but great improvement was seen in TSH levels.




Love and Heal

Chakra Locations

My previous post --Introduction to chakras briefly explains -Chakras as   a concept. This article briefs the locations for major chakra healing.

Chakra Name	Front Location for healing	Back Location for healing	Anatomy Location
Root/Muladhara Chakra	Women- Between the Vagina & Anus Men- Tip of the penis and inner thighs	Base of the Spine	Located at perineum, just above coccyx ( formed at fusion of the last 4 vertebrae)
Hara/Swadhisthana Chakra	2-3 fingers below the navel/nabhi For women- where ovaries are location	Lower back	Sacrum, last set of nerves exiting from spine/sciatic nerve
Solar Plexus/ Manipura Chakra	2-3 fingers above the navel/nabhi Navel/Nabhi is also suggested can also be healed.	Upper back	Lumbar Plexus, b/w the thorax and pelvis,
Heart/Anahata Chakra	Chest/Breast , additionally hands as they are extension of heart	Back of the heart	Thoracic, cardiac, heart areas, lungs, lymphatic areas
Throat/Vissudha  Chakra	Throat/larynx /Neck additionally Shoulders	Back of the neck, shoulders	Thyroid, Thoart & medulla center, cervical/ brachial plexus, larynx,
Third Eye/Ajna Chakra	Middle of the brows expanding upto head	Behind the middle of the brow	Center of the brow and medulla oblongata ( animal brain),
Crown/Sashara Chakra	Centre of the head	Centre of the head

Reiki is one of the modality by which chakras can be healed, however other few modalities are  sound, music, pranik healing, yoga, flower therapy, meditations, hypnotherapy, PLR, ayurveda etc.

Specific Anger Management Meditation & Yoga

a) Breathing Meditation-  Concentrate on the tip fo your nose, inhale slowly and feel the breath till your stomach your manipura chakra, hold it for 2 seconds ( count 1-7/10) and then feel it slowly exhale it. Try doing it alongwith Reiki
b) Nabhi Kriya - This helps to balance the Manipura and inturn anger issues--

•  This involves lieing on the floor or a mat and doing alternate leg lifts (upwards) for 10 min
• Then lift both legs for another 5 min,
•  Followed by knee to chest lift for 2-4 min slowly inhale and exhale
• Stretch the legs in 60 deg position for a min atleast
• Stretch one leg  and hold the other to the chest and alternate it for 2  min each
• Finally relax

c)  Personal belief-  Praying to Krishna, Brisphati Dev, Mediatating on Guru Nanak Devji and doing Jaap Sahib, Meditating and thinking of Jesus Christ ( yes Mother Mary too) , calling archangel Raguel & Raphael really helps in releasing anger and forgiveness.

 

d) Fast on thursdays for Lord Vishnu or visiting nearby Infant Jesus Chruch also helps.

e)  Kapalbhati -- is always very helpful in taking away any negavitity from your body as there is forceful release of breath from the body for a continous period.. Preferred time should be morning as its the time when your nabhi is the weakest thats when you would want to strengthen it.

Love and Heal